# CVE-2025-0721: needyamin image_gallery view.php cross site scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Username parameter in view.php, potentially compromising user sessions or executing code.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-28rh-grjq-98g6

## What is CVE-2025-0721?

CVE-2025-0721 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in needyamin image_gallery, published on 26 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in needyamin image_gallery 1.0. This affects the function image_gallery of the file /view.php. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0721?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Needyamin Image Gallery Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0721?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0721 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0721 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0721 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in needyamin image_gallery

- [CVE-2025-0722](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0722/): needyamin image_gallery Cover Image gallery.php unrestricted upload (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0721 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0721 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in needyamin image_gallery, published on 26 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-0721 exists.

Affected product: needyamin image_gallery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0721/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0721/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0721
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0721
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0721

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0721/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.